Lid for culinary vessels.



No. 674,948. Patented May 23, l90l. E. TRESSELT.

LlD FOR CULINARY VESSELS.

( Application flied July 11, 1900.)

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SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent N 0. 674,948, dated May 28, 1901. Application filed July 11, 1900. Serial No. 23,207. \No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMMA TRESSELT, of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lids for Culinary Vessels, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved construction of lid or cover for culinary vessels,

the same being provided with strainersthrough which the water may be emptied without the necessity of removing the lid or through which the steam or vapors may escape during the process of cooking; and my invention further relates to improved means whereby the strainers may be partially or wholly uncovered or entirely removed, as may be desirable.

My invention consists of a lid or cover having a suitable opening therein, a perforated slide adapted to cover said opening, a closure for said perforated slide and opening, and means whereby said closure may be moved independently of or simultaneously with the perforated slide.

My invention further consists of the novel features of construction and arrangement of parts, all of which will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Figure 1 represents the top view of a lid or cover constructed according to my invention, the closure for the perforated slide being shown wholly drawn back. Fig. 2 represents a similar view of a portion of the cover, showing the slide and closure moved back so as to partially uncover the opening in the lid. Fig. 3 represents a central section thereof, showing the perforated slide and cover in closed position. Fig. 4 represents a similar view of a portion of the cover, on an enlarged scale, showing the parts in position to move the closure without disturbing the perforated slide beneath. Fig. 5 represents a plan view of another construction of lid or cover embodying my invention, the closure in this instance being drawn back to its fullest extent. Fig. 6 represents a sectral section thereof, taken on the line X X of Fig. 5; and Fig. 7 represents a similar view, on an enlarged scale, showing the parts in position to simultaneously movethe closure and perforated slide beneath.

Similar reference-numerals indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings. Referring to said drawings, 1 designates the lid or cover, which maybe of any desired configuration, but shown in this instance as circular-in form, the same being provided with a segmental opening 2, adjacent to and sur rounding the edges of which is a segmental guideway 3, which extends over upon the lid or cover for about half the circumference thereof.

4 designates a perforated segmental slide which is loosely held in said guideway 3, said slide being provided with a slot 5, located at or near its center, the same being adapted to receive therein the headed shank 6 of a button-or finger-piece 7, loosely held in a closure or slide 8, the latter being also held in the guideway 3 above said perforated slide. The closure or slide is provided with a depression 9, as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4, so that the head 6 of the button or finger-piece 7 when the latter is raised to the position shown in Fig. 4 will be elevated above the plane of the slide 4, so that the closure or slide 8 may be moved in the guideway 3 to uncover the slide 4 to a more or less degree without disturbing it.

The perforated segmental slide 4. will cover the opening 2 under ordinary conditions, and, as previously stated, the closure therefor may be moved to uncover the perforations more or less; but when it is desired to completely uncover the opening 2 the button or fingerpiece 7 will be lowered, so as to bring its head 6 into the slot 5, as shown in Fig. 3, whereupon a movement to the right or left, as the case may be, will cause said slide 4 to move simultaneously with the closure 8, and thus uncover or cover the opening 2 in the lid or cover 1.

In Figs. 5, 6, and 7 the construction of the lid is practically the same as that just described; but instead of the closure for and the segmental slide beneath it being held in a segmental guideway and necessitating a rotative movement to uncover the same the guideway is shown as composed of a segmental section 3 having parallel extensions 3 within which latter the segmental slide/L and closure 8 move.

The operation of moving the closure and slide simultaneously or independently of each other is exactly similar to that just described with relation to Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. A lid or cover for culinary vessels having a suitable opening therein, a perforated slide adapted to cover said opening, a closure for said perforated slide and opening, and means whereby said closure may be moved independently of or simultaneously with the perforated slide.

2. A lid or cover for culinary vessels. having a suitable opening therein and a guideway adjacent said opening, a perforated slide adapted to move in said guideway and to normally cover the opening in said lid or cover, a closure or supplemental cover adapted to move in the guideway referred to and to cover said perforated slide when desired, and means whereby said closure or supplemental cover may be moved independently of or simultaneously with the perforated slide to uncover the latter or move it away from the opening in the lid or cover.

3. A vessel-cover provided with an opening, a strainer shiftably connected with the cover and adapted to fit over said opening, and an imperforate closure connected with the strainer to be shiftable therewith, and having movement independent thereof as set forth.

EMMA TRESSELT. 

